Electric-bath cabinet.



T. E. MURRAY & G. K. JESSUP. AELECTRIC BATH CABINET. APPLICATION FILED DEO. 30, 1912. 1,064,983, Patented June 17, 1913y 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

T. E. MURRAY L G. K. JESSUP.

ELECTRIC BATH CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. sol 1912.

,064,983. Patented June 17, 1913.

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T. E. MURRAY & G. K. JESSUP. ELECTRIC BATH CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. so, 1912.

1,064,983, Patented June 17,1913.

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'UNITED sTATEsrATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS E. MURRAY AND GEORGE K. JESSUP, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.; SAID JESSUP ASSIGNOR TO SAID MURRAY.

ELECTRIC-BATH CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 17, 191 3.

To all lwhom t may concern:

Be it known that we, THoMAs E. MUR- RAY and GEORGE K. JEssUP, citizens o f the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State 0f New York, have invented a. certain new and useful Improvement in Electric-Bath Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

The invention is an electric bath cabinet, formed of a series of movable sections iieXibly connected` which may be extended in line so as to lie against the wall of a room or may be disposed at right angles to one,

another so as to form an inclosing frame for the bather. ported on the inner sides of said sections and preferably in recesses therein, The sections are preferably made hollow and interchangeable, and may be provided with mirrors, or the like, to reflect the radiations of the lamps. t

In the accompanying drawings-#Figure 1 shows in perspective our bath cabinet in eX- Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of the bushing, fuse, circuit leads, and a part of the inclosing tube for said leads. Fig. 3 represents the cabinet with its walls folded together for transportation, and showing the lower edges of the several sections. Fig. 4 is a side elevation, showing the cabinet unfolded and disposed in a wall recess. Fig. 5 shows the preferred form of one ofthe cabinet sections, viewed from the inner side and in elevation. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section, and Fig. 7 is a vertical section, respectively on the lines m and y, fz/ of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a top view, showing diagrammatically the electric-wir ing. Fig. 9 is a horizontal section of one of the boxes which inclose the circuit wires in passing from section to section. Fig. 10 is a vertical section of said boX. Fig. 11 is a bottom View of one of the caster-carrying straps. Fig. 12 is a vertical section thereof. Fig. 13 illustrates the mode of securing the covering cloth to the cabinet by fastening the same to the fuse plugs used as buttons.

Similar letters and numbers of reference indicate like parts.

The cabinet is formed of box-shaped sections A, B, C, D. The sections are flexibly connected in series by double hinges E,

The electric lamps are supy so that' they maybe extended in line, as shown in Fig. 5, or arranged for use as shown in Fig. 1. The lower edges of the pairs of sections A B, B C and C D are con- `nected by straps F, Figs. 11 and 12, each having on its lower side a socket for a ballbearing caster G. Near the ends of each strap are elongated slots H, through which pass pins I headed within the sections and receiving securing nuts J. The slots in the strapV permit the sections to swing on their hinges E. On the bottom edges of sections A, D are secured plates Kwhich carry on their under sides casters similar to casters Gr.

The sections A, B, C, D are preferably alike so as to be interchangeable, and each is a hollow box of sheet metal. When not in use, they may be extended inthe same plane as shown in Fig.'5so as to lie flat against the wall, and thus protrude to the minimum extent into the room. One of the sections, as B or C, may be fastened in any suitable Way to said wall. Where it is desi-red still-further to economize room space, the extended sections may be disposed 1n a and 8 maybe made in zigzag form, so as to present a number of channels or indentations N, with inwardly convergingI sides. In each channel is a tube O, and the outer surfaces of the, converging channel walls may be lined with mirrors P, or be of highly polished metal. On each tube O are a'number of T-shaped tubular projections The ends of said projections form sockets for the reception of glow-lamps R. The upper end of each tube Ov is received in a bushing T of insulating material, Fig. 2, seated in lthe upper edge wall of the section. Said bushing has an opening lined with -a threaded metal sleeve 1, to receive a` fuse l receive nuts and washers 12. These pins pivot the box to the sections, and the slots permit the box to adjust itself to the relative position of the sections, as, indicated'in dotted lines, 9. The leadsr 2, 3 pass through one tubular pin, as 10, through the box, and then through the other tubular pin 11. The branch circuits leading to the lamps are arranged as best shown in Fig. 2. @ne branch lead 13 is' connected to the sleeve 1 which receives fuse plug TU. rllhe usual contact 14 on. the bottom of the fuse plugmeets a contact 15 -on a plug 16 of insulating material in the upper end of tube O. The lead 17 is connected to said contact 15. The branch lead 18, connectedto main lead A3, extends through the bushing T and v through the tubular projections QL.

Instead of making the inner wall M of each section in the zigzag form, we may form lin said wall a single large recess W, Fig. 1, across which the tubes @,here circular in cross section, may extend. The inner surfaces. of the recess W may be covered with mirrors or otherwise rendered reflecting.' Instead of a single large recess, we

may make a number of parallel recesses AX in said inner wall, and simply suspend tla -v lamps in said recesses from their lrespective circuitJC leads. For purposes of transportation and cnvenient packing, the sections may be folded into small compass face to face, as shown in Fig. 3.

In using theicabinet, the b'ather after en# tering covers the open top with 'a sheet of rubber cloth or other suitable material, which fits around 4his neck. Near the edges of said cloth button holes may be provided to engage with button-shaped heads |`19 on the fuse plugs U,.'and in this way the cloth may be held in place. If desired, a fastening hook l onone Iof the meeting sections, as D, may be 'arranged to engage with a pin on the other meetmg section A.

Each wall sectionbeing hollow, confines a body of still air which is an eiiicient heat insulator, and largely prevents loss of heat by conduction through the wallsof the cabinet. We claim: df 1. A wall section for a'folding bath cabinet, comprising a dat closed box having a recess formed in one side thereof, and electric lamps supported in said recess.

2. A wall section for a folding bath cabinet, comprising a flat .closed box having one side angularly indented to form a plurality of recesses, andelectric lamps supported 1n said recesses.

' 3.1An electric bath cabinet, comprising a plurality of homogeneous sections, each in" the form of a flat closed box, and connecting straps pivoted at their ends to the upper and lower edges of the members of each adjacent pair of sections. u'

il. An electric bath cabinet, comprising a plurality of homogeneous sections, each in the formiof a flat closed box, hollow connecting straps pivoted at their endsto the upper and lower edges of the members lof each adjacent air of sections andcommunieating with the interior of said sections, electric lamps on the inner sides of said sections, and circuit leads for said lamps within said sections 4and passing through said hollow connecting bars,

supported on said tube, and leads extending from said fuse plug through said tube to said lamps.

6. An electric bath cabinet, comprising a series of exibly connected hollow sections, electric lamps on the inner sides of saidsections, -hollow boxes pivoted at their ends t' Athe upper edges of adjacent sections, and

circuit leads for said, lamps extending through said sections and boxes.

7.' An electric bath cabinet, comprising a series of flexibly connected hollow sections,

electric lamps on the inner sides of said sections, hollow boxes yextending across the joints between said sections, tubular pivotv k pins connecting said boxes to said sections, and circuit leads for said lamps .extending through sald lsections, pins and boxes. i

8. An electric bath cabinet, comprising a series of flexibly connected hollow sections, electric lamps on the inner sides of said sections,. straps Having elongated.` slots near their ends and extending across thejointsbetween said sections, pivot pins passing through said slots and connecting said straps to -said sections, and convex projections on the outer sides of said straps.

y the upper edge walls of said sections.

10. An electric bath cabinet, comprising a series of hollow sections flexibly connected, circuit 'leads within said sections, a plurality of rows of electric lamps supported on the f 9. An electric bathcabinet, comprising a p inner sides of said sections, each row being in branch circuit with said leads, and la revthe upper edge .Walls of said sections and provided with button-shaped heads protruding above said edge walls.

In testimony whereof We have axed our signatures n presence of two Witnesses. M

. vTHOMAS E: MURRAY. K GEORGE-K- JESSUP. Vtnesses:

GERTRUDE T; PORTER, MAY T. MGGARBY. 

